Guitar Hero Turns Controversial Apology into Playable Song, See the Ridiculous Video
The internet never ceases to amaze us, especially when it comes to Internet Rule 11 and Rule 12, both of which state that everything you say can and will be used against you, and it will be turned into something else, eventually. Well, that’s precisely what happened to Colleen Ballinger’s apology song—it was turned into a Guitar Hero song, and players are shredding through it.
As reported by Kotaku, the cringiest of apologies, made by Colleen Ballinger, was immediately added to the freeware version of Guitar Hero, called Clone Hero, and players are now competing to get the perfect score.
Someone made a controversial YouTuber’s apology song into a playable track on Guitar Hero.
With the online community being what it is, the original apology song video by Colleen Ballinger now has over seven million views and over 900 thousand downvotes, while Guitar Hero YouTuber Alec “Acai” Castillo, who shredded through the song, has over 200 thousand views, and only 63 downvotes.
Who Is Colleen Ballinger?
Now, for a bit more context as to why this is interesting. On July 28, Colleen Ballinger, a famous YouTuber of the Miranda Sings YouTube channel—where Ballinger satirizes aspiring YouTube stars—posted a YouTube apology video in which she’s playing the ukulele while singing about the “toxic gossip train chugging down the tracks of misinformation.”
Collen Ballinger’s video is in response to accusations of her having inappropriate online interactions with underage fans, as well as making kids uncomfortable at her past live shows.
And as always, Rule 11 struck, and not only did the online community turn the tables on Miranda Sings by satirizing her own song in Guitar Hero, but she also had her rights read to her by the internet—pun intended.
Colleen Ballinger’s video itself, characterized as the cringiest thing ever, is in response to accusations of her having inappropriate online interactions with underage fans, as well as making kids uncomfortable at her past live shows.
She acknowledged that the mistakes were made but drew the line at allegations that she “groomed” anyone, calling such allegations false. But it’s not the content of the video, as much as the presentation, that got the people’s attention and its subsequent adaptation into a Guitar Hero clone chart.
According to Jimmehzz, a YouTube user who turned Colleen Ballinger’s apology song into a Guitar Hero chart, the adaptation was very difficult because Collen can’t keep time. It even says so in the chart’s description.
However, Guitar Hero clone YouTuber Alex Acai Castillo actually went on to get a perfect score on the apology track, which is really difficult, considering just how dreadful the entire thing is. In fact, many fans are commenting that his performance is the only reason why they could sit and watch/listen the entire thing through.
For the younger generations of gamers out there, Guitar Hero was a prominent gaming franchise from the PlayStation 2 era that featured a unique guitar-shaped controller.
It was a PlayStation console exclusive title up until 2007, and the release of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, after which the franchise has fallen from grace among the player but still has a very dedicated fan base and quite an active online community of gamers and YouTubers launching new content revolving around the game, including Colleen Ballinger’s apology song.
